by Fred Hemi | Jun 11, 2024 | Editor's pick, Features, Hunting
It can be an odd thing about many duck shooters: many tend to congregate in certain familiar duck shooting places when they can enjoy their sport in relative peace and without nearby shooters mucking up their shooting. You know the score – chaps who blast off at...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jun 4, 2024 | Archive, Editor's pick
In a significant development, Forest & Bird and the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation have agreed to pause legal proceedings concerning the management agreement with the Department of Conservation (DOC) over the Fiordland wapiti herd. This pause aims to facilitate...
by Shannon Williams | May 29, 2024 | Editor's pick, News
Forest & Bird and the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation have agreed to pause legal proceedings over the management agreement between the Department of Conservation (DOC) and the Foundation over how the wapiti herd is managed. Previously, Forest & Bird requested a...
by F&O NEWS DESK | May 29, 2024 | Editor's pick, Features
One of the challenges that the people trying to help stop marine pests from devastating our coastline environments face is that they are out of sight, out of mind, writes marine biosecurity expert Aless Smith Unlike something like gorse in our paddocks or rats in the...
by F&O NEWS DESK | May 17, 2024 | Editor's pick, News
A local man has been issued a $600 infringement notice for catching, killing, and decapitating a great white shark at Mahia Peninsula. The Department of Conservation (DOC) was alerted to the incident on Friday, 15 March, by a local kuia who discovered the...
by F&O NEWS DESK | May 2, 2024 | Archive, Editor's pick
The recent introduction of the Fast-track Approvals Bill has stirred up controversy, with many saying that it will weaken environmental safeguards. The proposed fast-track regime gives three ministers – Minister for Infrastructure Chris Bishop, Minister for Transport...
